Tourism and Economic Development: Case Studies from the Indian Ocean Region

Tourism is an increasingly vital element in the economic development of the Indian Ocean region. This book brings together tourism and economic experts from the region to discuss the wide range of problems and issues raised by the increasing significance of tourism, such as: tourism and development; dimensions of and assault on rural and urban poverty; empowerment of women; women’s property rights; access of the rural poor to services and resources; political and economic impediments to human resources development; management of energy and environmental resources; and electronic commerce and development. These issues and proposed policies are examined theoretically in the first section